§ 135A.043 — Resident Tuition
Plain-Language Summary
This law lets certain students pay in-state tuition rates at Minnesota public colleges even if they are not U.S. citizens. To qualify, a student must have attended a Minnesota high school for at least three years and graduated or earned a GED in the state. Students without legal immigration status must also register for selective service and apply for lawful status if a process exists.
135A.043 RESIDENT TUITION.
(a) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of United States Code, title 8, section 1101, subsection (a), paragraph (15), shall qualify for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent at state universities and colleges if the student meets all of the following requirements:
(1) high school attendance within the state for three or more years;
(2) graduation from a state high school or attainment within the state of the equivalent of high school graduation; and
(3) in the case of a student without lawful immigration status: (i) documentation that the student has complied with selective service registration requirements; and (ii) if a federal process exists for the student to obtain lawful immigration status, the student must present the higher education institution with documentation from federal immigration authorities that the student has filed an application to obtain lawful immigration status.
(b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent to a student.
(c) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to adopt a policy implementing this section.
History:
History: History:
2013 c 99 art 4 s 1